Chapter 1: Calamity

  Caw caw caw......

  A crow flew over, leaving behind a string of eerie cries. The hoarse cry sounded especially terrifying in the quiet night.

  Xia Yu Xin couldn't help but shudder all over, and subconsciously leaned towards me, then softly asked: "Dr. Li, why do you want to get into this coffin by yourself?"

  Because of fear, Xia Yu Xin's voice was slightly trembling, I didn't say a word, just staring blankly at this large coffin, but my heart was full of doubts.

  What's going on with Li Dafu? Even if he was possessed, it's impossible for him to push open the coffin lid by himself! To think that I and Xia Yuxin had to work together just to barely open a gap earlier!

  Was it someone who helped her? Or perhaps, the one who opened the coffin for her wasn't human at all?

  As I thought of this, I shivered all over and couldn't help but look back and forth in a daze. Xia Yu Xin saw me looking suspicious and asked me, "What are you looking at?" After saying that, she also looked around in alarm.

  "It's nothing!" I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and asked: "What to do next, should we... open this coffin?"

  Xia Yu Xin looked at the coffin hesitantly for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth and said: "Open the coffin, I must figure out what's going on!"

  Xia Yu Xin finished speaking and went to push the coffin lid. I was just about to go help when I suddenly heard a strange noise.

  That sound was sometimes loud and clear, sometimes vague and unclear, making it difficult to distinguish what kind of thing emitted it. But one thing is certain: this sound absolutely came from inside the coffin.

  Xia Yu Xian also heard it and took two steps back, asking with a shocked face: "What sound?"

  I shook my head upon hearing this, Xia Yu Xin furrowed her brow, and then, under my astonished gaze, she slowly pressed her ear against the coffin.

  I swallowed my saliva, and this Xia Yu Xin's guts are too big, I reckon that even if it were a grown man, not many would dare to do such a thing.

  Xia Yu's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she didn't say a word after listening for a long time. I couldn't help but ask, "Did you hear it?"

  She shook her head and was about to speak when she suddenly furrowed her brow, then muttered: "Huh? What's this sound? Come quick and listen!"

  I thought for a moment and walked over, took a deep breath, and then pressed my ear against the coffin.

  When I put my ear to the coffin, that vague sound immediately became clear, and then, like a silver bell-like laughter, like flowing water, entered my ears.

  Is this... the sound of an infant's laughter?

  At that moment, I felt my scalp was numb, and my heart was racing wildly. Xia Yu Xin's face was also pale, with beads of sweat rolling down from her forehead.

  Hehehe......

  A silvery, crisp laughter came from inside the coffin, and Xia Yu Xin and I almost simultaneously let out a cry of surprise, and hastily retreated from the coffin.

  "This, this sounds like the laughter of an infant!?" Xia Yu Xin said with a trembling voice, pointing at the coffin: "How can there be such a sound coming from inside the coffin? Could it be... Doctor Li making that noise?"

  I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, asking: "Then this coffin, can it still be opened?"

  Xia Yu Xin seemed hesitant too, thought for a moment, then asked me: "How about we don't open it now, wait till dawn and gather the villagers to open it together?"

  I nodded and let out a sigh of relief, I was really worried that Xia Yu Xin would insist on opening the coffin. After experiencing so many strange things in these days, my nerves had been tense all the time, if I opened the coffin now and saw another terrifying scene, it would surely scare me crazy.

  "Let's go first!" I said, turning around to run, but at this moment, a shrill cry suddenly came from inside the coffin. This seemed to be Dr. Li's cry.

  My heart tightened instantly, and Xia Yu Xin was also stunned for a moment. Then I saw her bite her teeth and say: "Yi Fan, can't wait any longer, I'm worried that Dr. Li will have an accident!"

  Xia Yu Xin finished speaking and went to push the coffin lid, I hesitated for a moment, finally stomped my foot in anger, and then rushed over to help Xia Yu Xin push together.

  Along with the creaking sound, the coffin lid was finally pushed open by me and Xia Yu Xin. However, when the coffin lid was opened, we both saw the scene inside and were stunned.

  Lai's husband was half-naked, lying flat in the coffin, and in his arms, he was still holding a big-headed baby. At this time, the big-headed baby was sucking on Lai's husband's nipple, sucking hard.

  This big-headed baby looked very terrifying, with an extremely large head and a very small body. At this time, the coffin was opened, and it let out a "zhi liu" sound as it loosened up. It then stared at me and Xia Yu Xin with a pair of blood-red eyes, before opening its mouth to reveal a set of sharp teeth covered in fresh blood, letting out low growls of warning towards us.

  I stood there stupidly, and my whole body began to shake violently.

  What the hell is this thing, is it still a baby?

  Besides, as far as I know, Li Dafu is single, how could he suddenly have a child out of nowhere?

  "Mr. Li is bleeding..." Xia Yu Xin pointed at Mr. Li's chest and let out a cry of surprise, I swallowed my saliva and immediately focused on looking at Mr. Li's chest.

  At this time, Li Dafu was half-naked, with her chest exposed to the outside. Her upper body was covered in bite marks, and blood was still seeping out of them. The most terrifying thing was that Li Dafu's originally plump and firm breasts had now shriveled up and were sagging at her chest, looking especially eerie.

  My scalp almost instantly went numb, and cold sweat was dripping down rapidly. The scene in front of me was really too eerie, and this baby seemed to be giving me a feeling that it wasn't sucking milk, but rather, sucking blood!

  Mr. Li's face was deathly pale, and he lay in the coffin panting heavily. I shook my head and thought to myself that I wouldn't worry about it for now, and first focus on rescuing Mr. Li.

  As I thought of this, I reached out to grab Dr. Li, but when my hand stretched towards him, the baby suddenly became agitated and let out a strange cry, "Wah", and bit down on my right middle finger.

  My hand was in pain, and I couldn't help but let out a loud cry. Instinctively, I tried to pull my hand back, but it bit down tightly and wouldn't let go. I applied more force, lifting it up with my hand, but no matter what, it refused to release its grip. Those blood-red eyes were filled with venomous resentment, staring at me with a deadly glare.

  "Help me quickly!" I shouted at the stunned Xia Yu Xin, who saw the situation and anxiously stomped his foot: "I, how can I help? It's just a kid!"

  "Whose child is this vampire? Hurry up and get it down for me!"

  But Xia Yu Xin was after all a woman, encountering such a thing, she was somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, I gritted my teeth and let out a loud cry, immediately adding force to my hands, using great strength to fling the infant away.

  The baby was thrown down by me, and with a "thud" it hit the coffin wall. It let out a strange cry of pain, then jumped up high and leaped out of the coffin in an instant. With its eyes full of resentment, it looked at me, then like a frog, it hopped away into the thick fog, disappearing instantly.

  I covered my hand and didn't chase after it, Xia Yu Xin saw this and asked: "What's wrong?"

  I took a look at my middle finger and saw that it had been bitten into a big hole, with quite a lot of blood flowing out, and it hurt badly. After a while, it swelled up.

  I gritted my teeth and shook my head, saying it was nothing, just a bite. At this time, a painful cry came from inside the coffin. I and Xia Yu Xin looked into the coffin and saw that Li Dafu had slowly woken up.

  "You, how did you end up here?" Dr. Li looked at me and Xia Yuxin with a puzzled expression, then seemed to remember something, looked down and exclaimed "Ah", suddenly sat up straight and shouted: "Where's my child? Where's my child?"

  Mr. Li's expression was like that of a madman, causing Xia Yu Xin and me to take two steps back in shock. Mr. Li seemed to have gone mad, paying no attention to his body outside, and directly stood up from the coffin, repeating over and over: "Where is my child? Child, child..."

  "Wah wah wah……" The strange cries came from the thick fog, and Li Dafu heard them and suddenly turned his head. He shouted "Child!" while rushing wildly in the direction of the sound. In an instant, the dense fog swallowed up her figure.